Children's Book Week
Happy Children's Book Week! This includes teens too!
Children's Book Week has been celebrated nationally since 1919, but has been underway even longer! In 1913 Franklin K. Matthiews, a librarian for the Boy Scouts of America, toured the country, promoting higher standards in children's books. He then enlisted the help of a few other key people, Frederic G. Melcher (the visionary editor of Publishers Weekly) and Anne Carroll Moore (the Superintendent of Children's Works at the New York Public Library). With this trio at work, Children's Book Week was in full force by 1944.
Today, we celebrate with all kinds of fun events across the country (You can find out what's happening nearby here) and with a big Children's Choice Book Awards Gala!
For more on Children's Book Week, visit Children's Book Week Online. There's even a printable bookmark by Jeff Kinney! And check back later for the Children's Choice Book Award winners. They're being announced at the Gala tonight! If you voted for your favorite teen book and author of the year then you can't miss it!
Children's Choice Book Awards 2011
Voting is now open for the Children's Choice Book Awards! This is your chance to vote for your favorite!
The Children's Choice Book Award is broken up into four different levels by grade (K-2, Grades 3-4, Grades 5-6, and Teens), and each ballot includes a few different nominees to vote for.
The Teen Vote includes Book of the Year, Author if the Year, and Illustrator of the Year.
Click here to view the previous years' winners.
And click here to cast your teen vote for 2011!